Kingston DT Mini Fun 2gb - Write Protect error?
Ugh.
It was working properly last night. Everything that is important to me is in there. All my files, all my important files! Ugh. This morning when I opened my pc and tried to open my flash drive to check my mail since I use Mozilla Thunderbird portable, it said it wasn’t formatted. I was surprised and annoyed. That was working last night and now everything I worked on it gone. Some of the files I don’t even have a back-up saved in my pc. Damn it. The survey data I worked on was there! F***. I’m just so pissed off at the moment. All I can do is curse myself for not having them backed-up.
The weird thing is that it kept telling me that it was write protected… Sheesh, it doesn’t have a write-protect lock for Pete’s sake! I looked and looked and its not there at all. ****
I searched the internet and I found some sites that had people complaining of it as well. One person even took apart his disk but still it didn’t work. Sheesh. I tried all the suggestions in all the forums and threads I found but nothing worked at all.
This sucks big time.
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have you tried repairing the drive using a software (i forgot which one)
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dang… i feel your pain, Nika. this happened to me also… different brand nga lang. i think i dropped it or something…
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I have the same problem as Ugh but I can’t found how to solve it. Any Ideas to erase information or to fortmat the drive? Thanks.
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Legion reply on October 21st, 2008:
Put the drive in your usb port and reinstall windows while it is loaded, but instead of completing the installation when it comes up asking which partition you want to install it on it will show your USB drive also, slect that partition and format.
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Hi Sergio,
Unfortunately I still haven’t found a solution to it.
So its still useless to me right now. (I think I even lost it already. LOL.)
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i have the same problem with my kingston DT Mini… Ive tried to reformat it, pero di pwede…all my files and pics are here too!! no back up also…. hay…
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the same problem by me. it seems there is a problem in compatibility between DTMF USB 2.0 construction and USB 1.1 port of the pc/laptop. when i connect it to the pc/laptop with USB20, everything is OK, writing, reading - no problem.
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same problem my usb is kingston dt100.ok guyz just burn it and never buy kingston producst its suck
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I found this on another site and it realy worked. It erases everything from it but make it work after that But pay big attention DO NOT have any other device conected to USB port as it is going to erase all from it:
My kingston flash drive had the following symptoms:
- Could read data
- Couldn’t write/format (”write-protection error”)
- Every file had the “archive” flag set. (attrib command in dos prompt)
It was fixed running the low-level formatting utility from Apacer website.
http://www.apacer.com/en/support/downloads/Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip
(named “HT203 Handy Steno 2.0 Repair Tool” - or XXXX Repair Tool, for the software is model/manufacturer independent.)
Be careful to have only the flash drive you need to repair connected to your computer, as the software is quite ‘interfaceless’, and doesn’t even allow you to choose which drive you want to format - seems to me it assumes the first removable drive available.
Wish you guys the best of luck.
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Nika Catbagan reply on July 17th, 2008:
eeeeeeeeeeeep!!! I think I <3 you! I think my card is finally useful again. I don’t get the write-protect message when I tried placing files on it. O.o
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Martin parish reply on August 26th, 2008:
tx- it`s realy work!
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Kharen reply on September 1st, 2008:
This is a very useful advice. Mine worked after using it. Thanks to mr arthur. Ive searched so many forums and blogs for the right solution, i really glad this one caught my attention. Thanks again
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Amr reply on September 28th, 2008:
Really thanks for help
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joan reply on October 1st, 2008:
Thanks a ton ………..
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Mario reply on October 27th, 2008:
This solution worked perfectly, thank you.
I got the “write protection” error intermittently, whenever I copied many files, after a bunch of files my Kingston 8gb data traveller became write protected. Unplugging and plugging back would solve the problem for a while.
The site seems trustworthy, so I suppose the download was no trojan.
arthur iakab on July 15th, 2008 8:30 pm I found this on another site and it realy worked. It
It was fixed running the low-level formatting utility from Apacer website.
http://www.apacer.com/en/support/downloads/Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip
[[ read the instruction on that post please]]
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[...] posted around November last year about how my Kingston DT Mini Fun 2gb flash disk suddenly went wonky and deleted all my files telling me I had to…. I was just checking something a while ago when I saw a comment to that entry by someone named, [...]
Great software! I prepared to throw my Kingston DataTraveler 2GB in trash when I found this post. Repair software salve “write protect error” problem. Thanx a lot!
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This software was great after several months of mayhem i have finally make it work again thanks a lot, God bless you…(^_^)Vm
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nice program, i save the program just in case it happen again. tnx a lot.!
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Omg. This software didnt work! It said ‘no usb flash disk connected’ .
Pleeeease.
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Can i ask some question?
send you give me the VB script to do this one?
Thanks in advance………(^_^)Vm
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Wahaha…
Sorry for the wrong gramma.. I mean can you send me..
hehehe… “Lutang eh”
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Man, this was awesome!, I was able to repair a Kingston DataTraveler 8GB!, thank you very much
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Kharen reply on September 1st, 2008:
hello. how were you able to repair your Kingston Data Traveler? Mine got corrupted or something, it keeps on saying write protected. and even when i tried to reformat it, it doesn’t work coz of the write protect. Thanks
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davex reply on September 3rd, 2008:
I used the app posted by arthur iakab. Here’s the link:
http://www.apacer.com/en/support/downloads/Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip
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YYYYeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah.. oh you sexy man… it worked… i d shag you on the spot.. at once… blinded and hairless.. thanks a bunch from Syria.
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hi gay …… plz send s/w of kingston pendrive….
i’m getting error of write protected
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Thank u very much arthur. the my pen drive is working after using u r software.
Thank u very much
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but it says “USB Flash Disk did not found” what will i do???its making me crazy!!!
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Hi!
Wasn`t able to format it using Windows. Luckily that software from Apacer`s site worked. Tough when it was formatting the drive in the end it gave error message “format failed”. Then i replugged the stick, Windows didn`t managed to install driver for it and i thought it`s dead. But then i replugged it again and Windows recognized it. When i tried to browse the drive i got message that it wasn`t formatted, i formatted it with Windows and it`s done! Works! 
I had “write protected” error on Kingston Dataraveler 4GB. Was searching for solutions quite a while until i came here
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BUENISIMO!!!! SOLUCION PARA EL PEN!!! FUNCIONA!!(Lo escribo en español para que lo encuentren los buscadores y los que no entienden inglés….)
Con correr ese pequeño exe (ver link arriba) se soluciona el problema del pendrive cuando no lee, no escribe, no nada…no se puede formatear, el scandisk y eso no funciona..
Despues de tantos intentos, este programita restaura y hace que funcione la memoria usb.
Instrucciones en castellano:
-bajar el .zip
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Gracias al foro este!!!! GROSO EL QUE PUSO EL LINK!! PARA TODOS LOS ARGENTINOS… NO ES CHAMUYO!! FUNCA DE NUEVO!!! (hasta había mandado mail a kingston)
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Instrucciones en castellano:
- bajar el .zip
- descomprimir
- conectar solo el pendrive a formatear
(se va a borrar todo el contenido del disco extraible, detecta automáticamente, no da a elegir unidad.)
- ejecutar el .exe
- el soft va a detectar y formatear automaticamente
GRACIAS!!!!! AHORA ME ANDA EL PENDRIVE!!!
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can i use this one in san disk too?? i also have a similar problem and it really sucks!!
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i tried the link a lot of times on my SD but it just says” USB not found”
help?? pls..
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i downloaded the software from apacer however when i run the program it says ‘NO FLASH DRIVE PRESENT. please assist me. in recovering my drive
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Thanks Arthur… 2 weeks man searching for solution and finally problematic USB Kingston Traveler 2GB “write protect” errors solved… The Apacer Repair_v2.9.1.1 did the job.
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Wooow awesome man. Its working again. Thanks
http://www.apacer.com/en/support/downloads/Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip
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it really work!!
tnx tnx tnx!!
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BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks Arthrur
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Thanks. It works. Confirmed!
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THANKS MAN! IT WORKS PERFECTLY! Apacer Low Level formating tool FTW! :))
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arthur iakab i love u yaar your idea and software works yaar thanks
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HIIIIIIIIII MY TRANSCEND PENDRIVE IS NOT WORKING CAN U PLZ TRY TO SOLVE THIISSSSSSSSSSSS
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NAAA NAAA NOT OPENING ATALL
WHEN INSERTING TO USB PORT IT IS NOT READING AND SHOWING ANYTHING
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thanks in advanced. its great soft.
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Thanx for the small Apacer software. Genius.
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i’m also getting the flash drive not found error when i try to run the repair utility. anyone figure this out?
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Awesome! I tried every trick in the book, but i cudnot get it to format. Interestingly, i still cant figure out WHAT was the script running? Coz there is no process, no regedit, no nothing. Kudos to the software and to the script aswell
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arthur,our information very usefull 4me thnx a lot
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arthur,thiz information very usefull 4me thnx a lot
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